Thanks to AndroidPolice, there has been a ten fold increase in Linpack runs and views of this website.  I’ve also spotted over 400 news articles and blogs that show pictures and links back to here.  Thanks for all the attention.

It’s interesting to see all furor for Android 2.2 showing up now.  Regulars to this website are sure to remember the Top 10 postings of FroYo back on March 15th.  I’m sure the upcoming Google I/O has generated lots of the interest, but it really came down to the AndroidPolice post showing the image of Linpack running on Android 2.2 powered Nexus One.  Checkout AndroidPolice for their full article.  I liked their last line, “These mysterious numbers from the Linpack Top 10 don’t look so fake anymore now, do they?”

I also checked on some tracking info that shows how many times Android 2.2 has ran recently:

The first time Android 2.2 shows up was 22 March for only one run, then not again until 15 April.  Before that it was showing up as FroYo.  Today, the number of runs exploded to 28 sessions.   It looks like Android 2.2 will soon be coming to a device near you.

I missed the first posting on 22 April, but yesterday and today there were several postings of Linpack runs for ADR6300.  This is the HTC Incredible that supposed to arrive on Thursday.  Looks like some workers at the Verizon store had to check out the speed of the new phone.  It scored pretty well for a stock Android phone with a current high score of 7.058 MFLOPS.  The phone also posted with the following info: 998.4MHz verizon/inc/inc/inc:2.1-update1/ERE27/161493:user/release-keys

It looks like the stock clock setting is running a little faster for this device than previous HTC devices.  I wonder what the overclockers can do?

According to BoyGenius…  

AndroLib, the definitive tracker of Android applications, claims the Android Market has surpassed the 50,000 application milestone. This figure is unofficial as Google has been reticent to disclose actual numbers. During its recent earnings call, Google said it was aware of 38,000 applications, although the accuracy of the figures came into question as they were calculated at an undisclosed time. Last month alone, the Android Market was said to have grown by 9,330 apps. True, the Android Market still has a ways to go before it can rival Apple’s App Store in terms of the sheer number of applications offered, but this is some mighty impressive growth nonetheless. Love it or hate it, there is no denying that the little green robot is currently hotter than Hansel.Read

OK,  Anyone have a way to tell what hardware is being used when a ROM from a different Android device is used?

I would really like to have the Linpack list show the hardware being used and what performance can be expected.  But people are loading all sorts of ROMs onto their devices.  It’s hard to tell what is what. 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

If you noticed the Linpack runs for a device showing up as verizon/aloha/aloha/aloha:2.1-update1/ERE27/eng.lge.20100329.223627:user/release-keys. 

So, is this the new LG C710? 

According to Androidcommunity.com this might actually be the phone.
It did reasonably well at 7.113 MFLOPS.